Declan Harty

Chicago

Reporter at POLITICO

Reporter @politico. The SEC, CFTC & U.S. capital markets. @UofIllinois alum. [email protected]. Signal: declanharty.56

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Trump’s week of crypto embrace continues despite ethics red flags

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jake Traylor |Declan Harty |Irie Sentner

President Donald Trump called bitcoin a scam against the dollar in 2021. You wouldn’t know it this week. Key members of the president’s inner circle are headlining the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, a vivid illustration of Trump's dramatic turnaround on the issue and a key example of the mix of a political and personal embrace of cryptocurrency that’s raising new ethical issues. Vice President JD Vance spoke Wednesday afternoon about the administration's efforts on stablecoin legislation.
‘A distraction’: Crypto reckons with Trump's growing industry ties

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Declan Harty

Washington's most powerful cryptocurrency champion is starting to become a headache for the industry. More than four months after he took back the Oval Office, President Donald Trump's business empire is quickly establishing itself as a new crypto empire. Its interests in the loosely regulated industry include the digital assets startup World Liberty Financial and the $TRUMP memecoin, a risky type of crypto token that launched just before Inauguration Day.
How Trump is building a crypto empire out of ‘thin air’

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Declan Harty

6 hours agoThese Walmart Price Hikes Are Going Viral After Trump Told The Chain To "EAT THE TARIFFS"If you're also not ready for even higher prices, raise your hand. In mid-May, Walmart announced that price hikes were coming due to President Trump's tariffs.
Crypto reckons with Trump’s growing industry ties

1 week ago | politico.com | Declan Harty |Sam Sutton

Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. Washington’s most powerful cryptocurrency champion is starting to become a major headache for the industry.
Trump's social media venture strikes $2.5B deal to buy bitcoin

1 week ago | politico.com | Declan Harty

The move further deepens the footprint of the president’s business empire in the $3.5 trillion cryptocurrency market. President Donald Trump's social media venture said Tuesday that it plans to set up a bitcoin treasury. | John McDonnell/AP President Donald Trump’s social media startup has a new business strategy: Buy bitcoin.
Memecoin mania, $TRUMP style

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Declan Harty |Sam Sutton

Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. Dogecoin. Dogwifhat. Fartcoin.
Trump’s memecoin dinner ignites outrage in Washington: ‘It all has a stench’

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Declan Harty

“The whole week I was talking to my wife and father, ’Wouldn’t it be insane if I get to meet the president of the United States based on a memecoin competition?’” said Morten Christensen, the 39-year-old onetime poker player who now runs a crypto website and will be attending the dinner.
Meet the crypto investors who bought a dinner with Trump

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Declan Harty

NowCNN — The decidedly unsexy bond market is usually pretty quiet. But when they want to, bond investors can send a loud, clear message to Washington. They did just that Thursday. The 20-year bond auction conducted by the US Treasury on Wednesday afternoon was unusually weak: Demand for the bonds was …
No Reservations: Europe bails on US travel in Trump 2.0

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Sam Sutton |Declan Harty

Editor’s note: Morning Money is a free version of POLITICO Pro Financial Services morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 5:15 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. NEW YORK CITY — In case you weren’t already aware, Europeans are hopping mad over President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policy agenda.
Crypto billionaire Justin Sun stakes claim as top Trump memecoin holder

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Declan Harty

A cryptocurrency magnate, who is in talks to settle fraud charges with federal regulators, says he is the top holder of President Donald Trump's memecoin and will be attending a private dinner with the president this week.